Come on, $10 for generic tattooed cowboy hat guy, strong black gentleman, AND Rey Generico Jr? Plus a plastic ladder AND chair? Really, who needs the dozens of overpriced WWE sets when you can have this AND your imagination?
Shane Marchels and Billy Leshley against Roy Masterico Jr. and Don Flautista for the Super Championship Tag Team... Championship. Which is one belt. They share. They defend three-legged-race style.
Reminds me of when I asked for GI Joe for Christmas and my mom would buy Lanard Corps or some other knockoffs... NOT the same thing.. and they weren't dolls.. DAMMIT!!
Nice. Growing up I did have a wrestling league with my DC/Marvel action figures. But these guys are cheap and lack personality, so they would have wound up being jobbers. Still, the title belt and weapons would have come in handy.
I used my GI Joe figures as wrestlers. Had them fighting for the GWF (Galaxy Wrestling Federation) belt. Shipwreck was my version of Randy Savage, Quick Kick was like Ricky Steamboat, Roadblock was like JYD.. I was a huge gimmick stealer.
God.. I just had the funniest memory of Tomax & Xamot vs Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow in a tag team championship scaffold match located on top of my dresser. The joys of youth and imagination..
You can get shit like this ALL OVER New York City. My favorites are the knock-off superhero 5 packs with close-but-not-really versions of Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk and a Power Ranger.
I love that the set comes with a ring barrier, but no ropes or posts, just a mat. So the two or three fans sitting behind the barrier are shit out of luck, but anyone else in the arena can just waltz into the "ring."
They should really use whatever they used to use for those LJN figures in the 80s and reboot those. Not that I collect stuff or anything, but those things were durable as hell. Much better than the plastic figures they've put out since then
Totally. I wanted a ring to go with my WWF LJN figures and got that cheap AWA ring. I did use it as a podium for interviews however after I finally got the real WWF ring...
Yeah, the LJN ones were all about the design. Some guys, like JYD you could do anything with. Others, like Ventura and Dibiasi were in these weird poses that limited what you could do. I do remember cutting off Jimmy Hart's megaphone so he could throw it in the ring to his guys...
The best part about that whole series was the fact that there were two versions of SD Jones. One with a Hawaiian shirt, the other with a plain shirt. Was there really that much of a market for multiple versions of SD Jones?
Good point. I remember being pissed when the Hawaiian shirt version came out, because I already had the red shirt version and sure as hell wasn't getting ANOTHER friggin' SD Jones figure. I think they put out a post-haircut version of Andre too, right?
I'm sure I wasn't the only one who used the WWF figures to represent NWA guys, right? Valentine was also Flair, Orndorff was Luger, JYD was Michael Hayes, etc.
I used to use these dollar store guys are jobbers. Then I just mowed a bunch of lawns for a week until they released the new wrestlers on Tuesdays at K B Toys and Toys R Us. Kids these days and their lack of imagination and no work ethic.
I used to use GI Joes as the cruiserweights and they'd get beaten in squash matches by my Terminator action figure (who used a piledriver off the top rope as a finisher). Eventually, I was able to get lots of Jakks figures, but for a long time I used just regular action figures for matches. Roy Schneider's character from Seaquest DSV was the big heel manager of the federation.
I had my short plastic non bending figures from the early 90s (Hogan, Warrior, Jake, Beefcake), the weird bendable rubber figures from the mid 90s, and then the awesome head-turning, knee and elbow-bending plastic Jakks(?) figures from the late 90s-early 00s. Plus the dollar store figures as jobbers and my sister's dolls as valets. I bought the wrestlers and I asked for accessories (rings, titan trons, tables/ladders/chairs, cages/cells) for birthdays and holidays. I still break them out every once in a while when my little cousins are over. Damn those were good times.
Best
ReplyDeleteI would have totally wanted this as a kid.
ReplyDeleteWhat kind of hardcore match has a fucking parking meter as a weapon?
ReplyDeleteThat's not a bad deal for $10. I remember the old Hasbro WWF rings and the Jakks rings used to cost $15-$20.
ReplyDeleteOnes that take place in Canada, apparently.
ReplyDeleteThe best damn kind.
ReplyDeleteIt looks more like a child's male stripper toy set.
ReplyDeleteThe hardestcore.
ReplyDeleteShane Marchels and Billy Leshley against Roy Masterico Jr. and Don Flautista for the Super Championship Tag Team... Championship. Which is one belt. They share. They defend three-legged-race style.
ReplyDeleteBook it.
This is like something that I would have wanted badly from Bargain Harold's as a kid, but not allowed to have.
ReplyDeleteWow.. 21 pieces of plastic for my kid to choke on!!
ReplyDeleteReminds me of when I asked for GI Joe for Christmas and my mom would buy Lanard Corps or some other knockoffs... NOT the same thing.. and they weren't dolls.. DAMMIT!!
ReplyDeleteNice. Growing up I did have a wrestling league with my DC/Marvel action figures. But these guys are cheap and lack personality, so they would have wound up being jobbers. Still, the title belt and weapons would have come in handy.
ReplyDeleteThat's totally Percy Watson
ReplyDeleteThat's definitely the first upvote that Bargain Harold's has ever earned.
ReplyDeleteI believe this is the newest release in the Speed Force line
ReplyDeleteI've always wanted Titus O'Neil, Justin Hawk Bradshaw, and Baraka figures...
ReplyDeleteYepper. I did the same thing. Used the early 90s Hasbro ring.
ReplyDeleteWe should all buy a set and mail it to Dixie Carter and see how long it takes for parking meters to begin to show up in a Monster's Ball match.
ReplyDeleteI used my GI Joe figures as wrestlers. Had them fighting for the GWF (Galaxy Wrestling Federation) belt. Shipwreck was my version of Randy Savage, Quick Kick was like Ricky Steamboat, Roadblock was like JYD.. I was a huge gimmick stealer.
ReplyDeleteBetter hurry up then.
ReplyDeleteGod.. I just had the funniest memory of Tomax & Xamot vs Snake Eyes & Storm Shadow in a tag team championship scaffold match located on top of my dresser. The joys of youth and imagination..
ReplyDeleteI love going to Chinatown shops and seeing all the knock-off toys. My favorite has to be figures of The Incredibles with the heads of Power Rangers.
ReplyDeleteSsshhh!! They're called The Exemplaries. You wanna get sued?
ReplyDeleteThey're original creations,
ReplyDeletelike Ricky Rouse and Monald Muck.
You can get shit like this ALL OVER New York City. My favorites are the knock-off superhero 5 packs with close-but-not-really versions of Superman, Batman, Spider-Man, The Hulk and a Power Ranger.
ReplyDeleteLMAO my nephew has some of those cheap figures...he especially loves the generic lucha ones
ReplyDeleteYou can use them as enhancement talent for your actual WWE toys
ReplyDeleteThink about all the grandparents who will buy this for little Timmy or Samantha. "Here you go, sweetie, I know how much you like the wrestling!"
ReplyDeleteKidConnection is probably rolling in the Social Security dough.
This is EXACTLY the type of thing my grandma would buy me back in the 80's! Good call.
ReplyDeleteI love that the set comes with a ring barrier, but no ropes or posts, just a mat. So the two or three fans sitting behind the barrier are shit out of luck, but anyone else in the arena can just waltz into the "ring."
ReplyDeleteThey should really use whatever they used to use for those LJN figures in the 80s and reboot those. Not that I collect stuff or anything, but those things were durable as hell. Much better than the plastic figures they've put out since then
ReplyDeleteTotally. I wanted a ring to go with my WWF LJN figures and got that cheap AWA ring. I did use it as a podium for interviews however after I finally got the real WWF ring...
ReplyDeleteI was going to frame up some old maps for my family, but now everyone's getting Lance Cade and Friends toys!
ReplyDeleteTrue. The only problem I had was tearing the back of Hulk's knee from too many leg drops.
ReplyDeleteI liked the AWA figures, though. They moved better than the WWF ones did.
ReplyDeleteYeah, the LJN ones were all about the design. Some guys, like JYD you could do anything with. Others, like Ventura and Dibiasi were in these weird poses that limited what you could do. I do remember cutting off Jimmy Hart's megaphone so he could throw it in the ring to his guys...
ReplyDeleteIt's Timmy, not Samantha
ReplyDeleteSo they really are just like being in the ring!
ReplyDeleteGirls like wrestling, too!
ReplyDeleteThe worst one was Orndorff. You couldn't do a damn thing with him, other than elbowdrops and maybe a press slam.
ReplyDeleteThe best part about that whole series was the fact that there were two versions of SD Jones. One with a Hawaiian shirt, the other with a plain shirt. Was there really that much of a market for multiple versions of SD Jones?
ReplyDeleteGood point. I remember being pissed when the Hawaiian shirt version came out, because I already had the red shirt version and sure as hell wasn't getting ANOTHER friggin' SD Jones figure. I think they put out a post-haircut version of Andre too, right?
ReplyDeleteI'm sure I wasn't the only one who used the WWF figures to represent NWA guys, right? Valentine was also Flair, Orndorff was Luger, JYD was Michael Hayes, etc.
JYD was Michael Hayes
ReplyDeleteThought you could slip that one by us, eh?
*gives upvote*
I used to use these dollar store guys are jobbers. Then I just mowed a bunch of lawns for a week until they released the new wrestlers on Tuesdays at K B Toys and Toys R Us. Kids these days and their lack of imagination and no work ethic.
ReplyDeleteSome of those older WCW figures didn't move at all.
ReplyDeleteSomething that WWE doesn't do these days.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah!
ReplyDeleteThis post is made even more amusing by picturing him do that
ReplyDeleteBootleg toys are the shit.
ReplyDelete...the fuck?
ReplyDeleteI used to use GI Joes as the cruiserweights and they'd get beaten in squash matches by my Terminator action figure (who used a piledriver off the top rope as a finisher). Eventually, I was able to get lots of Jakks figures, but for a long time I used just regular action figures for matches. Roy Schneider's character from Seaquest DSV was the big heel manager of the federation.
ReplyDeleteI had my short plastic non bending figures from the early 90s (Hogan, Warrior, Jake, Beefcake), the weird bendable rubber figures from the mid 90s, and then the awesome head-turning, knee and elbow-bending plastic Jakks(?) figures from the late 90s-early 00s. Plus the dollar store figures as jobbers and my sister's dolls as valets. I bought the wrestlers and I asked for accessories (rings, titan trons, tables/ladders/chairs, cages/cells) for birthdays and holidays. I still break them out every once in a while when my little cousins are over. Damn those were good times.
ReplyDelete